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EP1135658B1
EP1135658B1 EP99959321A EP99959321A EP1135658B1 EP 1135658 B1 EP1135658 B1 EP 1135658B1 EP 99959321 A EP99959321 A EP 99959321A EP 99959321 A EP99959321 A EP 99959321A EP 1135658 B1 EP1135658 B1 EP 1135658B1
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condensation water
evaporator
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Fritz Hägele
Thomas Magyar
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/067Evaporator fan units
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/06Removing frost
    • F25D21/08Removing frost by electric heating
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/14Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2321/00Details or arrangements for defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2321/14Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water
    • F25D2321/146Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by the pipes or pipe connections

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  • the invention relates to a refrigerator, such as a Nofrost refrigerator or freezer or the like, with a heat-insulating housing, within which at least one through a fan with cold air acted upon storeroom for receiving stored goods and provided for receiving an automatically defrosting evaporator serving evaporator is which of the storage room by a partition plate as far as possible is divided, wherein the partition plate on the evaporator side serving as a cover condensate collecting tray having, which can be heated with an electric resistance heating Dew water drainage channel is provided and which together with the condensation water drainage channel in forms a flow path for the defrosting of the evaporator resulting condensation water, wherein the Cover and the condensation drainage channel are formed from metallic material and the heating is outside the flow line.
  • From US-A-5 255 536 is a Nofrosthimlte réelle with a freezer and a refrigerator compartment known, between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer a heat-insulating Partition is provided with a receiving space in which an evaporator arranged is.
  • the evaporator is equipped on its underside with a heating plate, which with a electrical resistance heating is in heat-conducting contact, wherein the resistance heating is disposed between the heating plate and a heat insulating plate, the this serves to partially shield the top of the heat-insulating separator plate from the heater shield.
  • Nofrosthimfteuzedin such as Nofrostgefrierdin known that this next to their freezer a separate room for accommodation a commonly used in Nofrost confusen with a defrost heater equipped lamellar evaporator have.
  • a heat-insulating in known devices running partition plate used, the evaporator facing top at the same time designed as a condensation water collection tray.
  • the according to the prior art produced separating plates usually have a cup-shaped plastic lower part, a Winnipegisoliations slaughter and with the plastic lower part, for example welding technically connected plastic cover on.
  • a heat insulating layer receiving box-shaped Housing which on its side facing the evaporator as a condensation water bowl is formed, at which one in a condensation water discharge line transferred Condensation drainage channel is arranged. Furthermore, the cover part is in the region of the evaporator provided with a made of aluminum heat conducting plate, which in heat-conducting Contact with the defrost heater of the evaporator is brought to a safe drain the melt water during the defrosting of the evaporator in the area to ensure.
  • Ice accumulation can under unfavorable circumstances not only the condensation water drainage channel but close to the evaporator grow and in the Slats protrude, causing the forced ventilation of the evaporator and thus the intended Cooling at least impeded if not prevented. Such incidents either led to drastic power losses of the device or but to a complete functional failure.
  • the invention is based on the object, in a refrigerator as it is known from the prior Technique is known, with simple constructive measures this state of the art Technology to avoid adhering disadvantages and permanently drain the defrosting process To ensure the melting of the evaporator melt.
  • the refrigeration device according to the invention is in the discharge area of the melt water creates a hindemisbuild flow path, so that the melt water both in Area of the cover as well as in the area of the condensation drainage channel unhindered can flow off and thus can not form meltwater residues, which Over time, dysfunctions on the refrigeration unit increase in the accumulation of ice being able to lead.
  • the condensation water drainage channel sufficiently heated with its associated inlet and on the other hand also a uniform, at least largely full-surface heating of Cover by the partially acting on them defrost heater of the evaporator reached.
  • the partition plate when according to a preferred embodiment of the subject invention is provided that the partition plate a shell-like trained support member having, which with the cover to a foam with thermal insulation material Filled housing is joined by the adhesive effect of the thermal insulation material is the support member and the cover, without additional To use connecting means connected to a dimensionally stable unit.
  • the cover and the condensation drainage trough are integrally connected to each other and the Form the dew water drip tray.
  • the one-piece is a particularly uniform heating of both the cover and the it Molded condensation drainage channel accessible.
  • a cover together with the at her molded-on condensation drainage channel if according to a next advantageous embodiment the object of the invention is provided that the cover and the condensation drainage channel is produced by non-cutting shaping.
  • the cover and the condensation drainage channel is produced by non-cutting shaping.
  • condensation water drainage channel facing away from the evaporator Bottom is provided with the heater.
  • the heater By such an arrangement of the heater this is against unwanted damage, For example, during the production cycle of the refrigerator protected.
  • the Connection poles for the resistance wire not accessible.
  • the heater results by the heat insulation side arrangement of the heater for the condensation drainage channel a completely hindemisbuild surface of the dew water drip tray on its side facing the evaporator, in particular in the area of the condensation water collecting tray At the same time, the heater can be particularly intense Warming of the condensation water drainage channel at its critical for ice accumulation Be arranged places, without doing a Abpoundhindemis for during defrosting represent the evaporator incurred melt water.
  • the heating device between the cover with the Condensation drainage channel and one of the heat insulation of the separation plate to the heater upstream support level is arranged.
  • the heating device is particularly expedient when, after a last advantageous embodiment of the subject invention is provided that the heater is designed as a tubular heater.
  • FIG. 1 is the upper portion of a household Nofrostgefier Jres 10 with a heat-insulating housing 11, which in its rear wall with one penetrating its thermal insulation and one after outwardly directed slope provided pipe socket 12 is equipped, which on a provided on the outside of the rear wall water outlet pipe 13 is connected is.
  • the heat-insulating housing 11 has at its rear wall opposite front side located in the closed state heat insulating Door 14, via which a freezer compartment 15 is accessible, which in individual Freezer 16 is divided, which, for example, about a to a horizontal axis pivotable flap 17 are closed.
  • freezer compartment 15 For cooling of the freezer compartment 15 is arranged in an evaporator chamber 18, itself from time to time automatically defrosting finned evaporator 19, which for Purpose of its defrosting with a guided in a protective tube electrical Resistance heating 20 is provided and which of a fan 21st Forced ventilation is based on which of the freezer compartment 15 with the evaporator 19th cooled cooling air is applied.
  • the freezer compartment 15 is from the evaporator compartment 18 by a thermally insulating partition plate partially thermally insulating separated, which at the same time as a carrier for the finned evaporator 19th serves.
  • the separating plate 22 has a shell-like appearance trained, integrally formed from plastic injection molded support member 23 with a shell space enclosing Schalungsanänden 24.
  • the supporting part 23 at its in installation position away from the door 14 rear side with a groove-like extension 25 equipped (see Fig. 1 and Fig. 2), which in is arranged approximately centrally to the width of the support member 23 and which at its free end has a width of the gutter bed spanning bracket 26.
  • the shell walls 24 of the support member 23 is in the manner of a lid manufactured in one piece by deep-drawing an aluminum sheet, as a dew water tray trained cover 27 can be placed, which in the manner of a flat shell and equipped with shell walls 28, at whose free ends provided away from the shell space angled 29 is, with the help of the cover 27 at the free edges of the shell walls 24 supported.
  • the shell walls 28 are substantially perpendicular to arranged a shell bottom 30, which by the support of the cover 27 immersed in the shell walls 24 in the shell space of the support member 23.
  • the tray bottom 30 is divided essentially into two areas I and II, wherein a first region I is associated with the vane evaporator 19.
  • the condensation drainage channel 32 is shown in particular in FIG. 2, in FIG arranged approximately centrally to the serving as condensate collecting tray cover 27 and emerges when placed on the support member 23 cover 27 in the gutter bed the gutter-like extension 25, wherein the free end of the condensation drainage channel 32 guided by the bracket 26 is fixed at the same time.
  • the cover 27 is in FIG her the condensate drainage channel 32 having area II, at the the Shell space of the support member 23 facing bottom, in a between the outlet end of the condensate drain channel 32 and the transition to the area I intermediate section provided with a holding shell 33, which along with its shell bottom 34 and with its shell walls 35 a Recording space 36 hermetically encloses, wherein for the production of hermetically enclosed receiving space 36, the shell walls 35 with their free Rändem at least fixed liquid-tight at the bottom of the area II are.
  • the receiving space 36 in FIG essentially the entire width of the partition plate 22 and serves to a VDE guidelines accommodating one in a loop-like form laid tubular heater 37, which for sufficient heating of the condensation water drainage channel 32 is guided with two of its loops in the gutter bed and which at least approximately over the width of the receiving space 36 for sufficient heating of the area II of the cover 27 is arranged.
  • the cover 27 encloses by its cover-like arrangement on the support member 23 together with this one gap 38, which in with liquid Output components introduced and produced by foaming heat insulation material 39 is filled, through its adhesive effect, the supporting part 33 and the cover 27 to an at least largely dimensionally stable, the Partition plate 22 forming unit is connected.
  • the partition plate 22 is in the installed state in the freezer 10 arranged such that both the condensation drainage channel 32 as Also, the groove-like extension 25 in the traversed cross-section of Pipe socket 12 dips and with respect to the flow-through cross-section with a sealing member 40 formed as a molded part are sealed.
  • the partition plate 32 is this with their condensate collecting tray 27 for Pipe socket 12, for the formation of a thus directed slope, inclined and serves as a carrier of the lamellar evaporator 19, which with the reinforcing parts 31 penetrating fastener 41 is fixed to the partition plate 22.
  • the resistance heater 20 is in heat-conducting Contact with the area I of the cover 27, making this at least in the area I, applied to the good heat conducting material the basis of metallic materials, such as aluminum, evenly is heated.
  • the area II of Cover 27 ensures the tubular heater 37, which in particular the condensation drainage channel 32 of the integrally molded cover 27 is heated so that icing of the condensation drainage channel 32 after defrosting of the lamellar evaporator 19 is always safely prevented.
  • Supportive to prevention Ice formation affects the hindemisbuild surface of the condensation water drainage channel 32 and the entire area II of the cover 27, whose hindemisschreib Surface by the arrangement of the tubular heater 27 within the receiving space 36, so outside of the melt water of the defrosting evaporator swept zone, causes.
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